BlogHide Resteemsfleur (65)in steemexclusive • 2 years agoSea life 🪸A playful penguin 🐧 A bow mouth guitarfish 🪸 And a mermaid of course 🌊fleur (65)in steemexclusive • 2 years agoJellyfish 🪸Another sea life centre and more jellyfish 🪸 Beautiful and mesmerising to watch them swimming around 🪸 These jellyfish live at the Birmingham Sea Life Centre alongside some other…fleur (65)in hive-185836 • 3 years agoChandeliers in the Louvre & Versailles 💡We visited Paris last month and I spent some time looking upwards at the ceilings in the Louvre and Versailles. I am always drawn by chandeliers! The first two photos were taken in the Louvre…fleur (65)in hive-185836 • 3 years agoMagnolia collage ✂️ 🌸In an effort to find a work - life balance, I do an art class on Fridays on my favourite theme of “nature”. In my garden we have a magnolia bush and based upon my photo below, I used tissue paper…fleur (65)in hive-185836 • 3 years agoThe Louvre & Tulips Gardens 🇫🇷Paris in the spring - we stayed in Montmartre 🌸 The famous Mona Lisa with her enigmatic smile and eyes that appear to follow you around the room 👀 There were incredible ceiling paintings…fleur (65)in hive-185836 • 3 years agoBird of Paradise 🌴The greenhouse in Cambridge Botanic Gardens houses this beautiful South African Bird of Paradise plant which was flowering. So many colourful, exuberant flowering plants to feast the eyes on…fleur (65)in hive-185836 • 3 years agoWild swan & geese 🦢The swans, geese and ducks are busy mating, nesting and enjoying the spring. These were spotted in the country park in Cambridgeshire coming close to the shores of the lake for food 🥖fleur (65)in hive-185836 • 3 years agoPrickly cacti 🌵These beautiful, prickly cacti are growing at the Cambridge Botanic Garden green houses 🌵 I am fascinated by their texture, pattern and hardiness. Appreciating nature and its beauty is the…fleur (65)in hive-185836 • 3 years agoSea creatures 🐠These exhibits of sea creatures are found at the Zoological Museum in Cambridge. Even in the midst of seismic change in the world order and terrible human suffering, we can find brief respite…fleur (65)in hive-185836 • 3 years agoIn support of Ukraine 🇺🇦We visited the zoological museum in Cambridge today and my little boy who knows about the war waged by Putin against Ukraine, spotted these chairs and said it represented the Ukrainian flag 🇺🇦…fleur (65)in hive-185836 • 3 years agoSquash carving of a lotus flowerHave you seen these beautifully carved lotus flowers decorating a plate of Chinese food? They are crafted from a squash perhaps and edible but my daughter will always save them and place them in…fleur (65)in hive-185836 • 3 years agoStaying in London 🏭We recently borrowed a friend’s studio apartment in Lime House Cut in East London which was very stylish and spacious (photographed). There were cooing pigeons in the pipes running along the high…fleur (65)in hive-185836 • 3 years agoV&A Chandeliers 💡These beautiful chandeliers are found at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, in their dining room. Whilst the children play in the museum’s classical enclosed garden and fountains, I can…fleur (65)in hive-185836 • 3 years agoVelociraptors at the Natural History Museum 🦖These simulated velociraptors were entertaining at the Natural History Museum in London. The museum is in a beautiful building in South Kensington with exquisite dining rooms and a wonderful…fleur (65)in hive-185836 • 3 years agoCrocodile chilling & other sea creatures 🐊Aside from the jellyfish who were the star of the show at the London sea life centre, we saw this rather relaxed crocodile who was staring passively at the visitors 🐊 The rays swam around…fleur (65)in hive-185836 • 3 years agoPurple & pink jellyfish IIIBeautiful jellyfish at the Sea-life Centre in London. It is mesmerising to watch jellyfish swim around.fleur (65)in hive-185836 • 3 years agoJellyfish IIThese jellyfish were most spectacular at the Sealife Aquarium in London. Fascinating to watch them swimming in groups, though I expect that these would have a lethal sting!fleur (65)in hive-185836 • 3 years agoJellyfish in LondonDear Steemians, I hope you had a restful festive period 🥳 We visited the London sea life aquarium and there was a beautiful display of jellyfish. More jellyfish varieties and a crocodile to…fleur (65)in hive-185836 • 3 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Autumnal scenes 🍁I have been watching the trees change colour and shed their leaves, alongside the abundance of toadstools, as it is a damp, cold autumn here in Cambridge 🍂 These photos were snapped at the…fleur (65)in hive-185836 • 3 years agoBurmese BuddhaAs part of my art class, we popped into the Museum of Archaeology an Anthropology in Cambridge to look at tea making pots and paraphernalia 🍵 This image of a Buddha from Burma, made in the…
